rootball

rootball
/rooht"bawl', root"-/, n.
1. a roughly spherical aggregate of roots and soil that is transplanted with a plant, esp. a tree or shrub.
2. the ball of soil and roots of a plant growing in a pot or other container.
[1925-30; ROOT1 + BALL1]

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